Howdy all,
So I talked about this a little in my build thread and am still looking for options for coating my block hugger headers and the Y pipe. Now before anyone asks I do NOT have a 4.0 I-6 or 2.5 I-4 engine in my TJ. With the amount of folks who are dropping some type of V-8 into their TJ's I figured this would be a good discussion to have. I had a Dodge magnum V-8 5.2 in my Jeep and due to heat it melted plastic parts in the engine compartment. So I added louvers to my hood and was always looking for other under hood cooling ideas.
Just found this stuff and had never heard of them before. Good for the DIY people but am skeptical about how well it would work.
https://www.zycoat.com/
Closest ceramic place to me.
https://www.performancecoatings.com/contact
And then of course there is paint like from VHT or Eastwood
https://www.vhtpaint.com/
https://www.eastwood.com/paints/hi-temp-engine-paints/exhaust-paints.html
https://www.por15.com/POR-15-High-Temp
While it may not be a issue for stock engine TJ's I KNOW it can be a issue for those of use with swapped in V-8's.
Here is just one example of what I am talking about. So because of things like this I am looking to try to coat my headers and Y pipe somehow to try and lower the heat in the engine compartment.
What has others done? And no I do not want to use header wrap on my headers or exhaust since that holds in the moisture and can lead to rusted out headers or exhaust.
So I talked about this a little in my build thread and am still looking for options for coating my block hugger headers and the Y pipe. Now before anyone asks I do NOT have a 4.0 I-6 or 2.5 I-4 engine in my TJ. With the amount of folks who are dropping some type of V-8 into their TJ's I figured this would be a good discussion to have. I had a Dodge magnum V-8 5.2 in my Jeep and due to heat it melted plastic parts in the engine compartment. So I added louvers to my hood and was always looking for other under hood cooling ideas.
Just found this stuff and had never heard of them before. Good for the DIY people but am skeptical about how well it would work.
https://www.zycoat.com/
Closest ceramic place to me.
https://www.performancecoatings.com/contact
And then of course there is paint like from VHT or Eastwood
https://www.vhtpaint.com/
https://www.eastwood.com/paints/hi-temp-engine-paints/exhaust-paints.html
https://www.por15.com/POR-15-High-Temp
While it may not be a issue for stock engine TJ's I KNOW it can be a issue for those of use with swapped in V-8's.
Here is just one example of what I am talking about. So because of things like this I am looking to try to coat my headers and Y pipe somehow to try and lower the heat in the engine compartment.
What has others done? And no I do not want to use header wrap on my headers or exhaust since that holds in the moisture and can lead to rusted out headers or exhaust.